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L..l BRANDT- POT CLEANER 'Filed May e, 1923 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS BRANDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOS. BR-ANDT & BRO., A COPART- NERGHIP COMPOSED OF JOSEPH BRANDT, LOUIS BRANDT, AND ABRAM BRANDT,

F NEWYORK, N. Y.

POT CLEANER.

Application led May 8,

To a?? whom, Vif ymay concern.'

p ,Be it known that I, LOUIS BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pot Cleaners, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pot cleaners of the knitted and woven type wherein strands of metal foil are worked into the fabric to present an abrasive surface for cleaning and scouring pots and pans and it is my object to produce a pot lcleaner which will not shrink and which will always lie fiat and with an open weave so it can be easily rinsed and will dry sweet and clean.

In the drawing Fig. l is a diagrammatic view of my improved pot cleaner; Fig. 2 a greatly enlarged view of the fabric; and Fig. 3 a greately enlarged view of the fabric where two sections join. Fig. 4 is a View taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The pot cleaner preferably comprises three sections, 1, 2 and 3, composed of spaced, vertical cotton threads 4 and knitted, or chain stitched, cross threads 5 tying the vertical threads together whereby an open mesh, loosely woven and knitted fabric is produced. Strands of metal foil, such as copper, 6, are laid in with or wrapped spirally around the vertical threads at the time the cross threads are knitted in thus producing a Hexible, abrasive surface for cleaning purposes.

' My invention further consists in knitting into the junctions 7 and 8 between the seetions, along with the cotton'thread 5, a jute thread 9 and in loosely tying in with each 1923. Serial No. 637,494.

cross thread 5 a fine wire 10, preferably copper, as it is knit.

. In this way the tendencyv of the cotton cross threads 5 to shrink in drying is resisted bythe tied in wires and jute threads, while the strands of metal foil on the Vertical threads resis't, shrinking in this direction so that the shape'and permanently large working area of the cleaner is preserved.

As the cleaner cannot shrinkthe weave is always open and it cany be easily rinsed and will dry sweet and clean instead of shrinking up, thereby retaining the accumulated dirt and grease, and drying in a hard, sour mass.

I claim 1. A pot cleaner composed of spaced, vertical threads, strips of metal foil laid with said vertical threads, cross threads tying the vertical threads and metal strips together and flexible metal wires wound spirally around the vertical threads whereby shrinking is resisted and an open mesh permanently assured.

2. A pot cleaner comprising a plurality of sections, each section composed of spaced, vertical threads, strips of metal foil wound spirally around said vertical threads, cross threads tyingy the vertical threads and metal strands togeter, flexible metal wires laid in with said cross threads and a jute thread laid in with the cross thread at the junction of the sections whereby shrinking is resisted and an open mesh permanently assured.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

LOUIS BRANDT. 

